Yesterday evening I was reading an Adva document which described the back-to-back connection of two FSP 150CCf-825 devices via a "Layer 2 cloud" and how to establish a management tunnel between them both. Without any definition the two three letter abbreviations, GNE & SNE, were used to refer to the local device (to which the management work-station was connected) and the remote device, respectively.
A couple of years ago, I asked for the definition of a "SNEID" number, in a Beattie Bellman context, and one of our eminent "escapees", from the "Empire of Newgate Street", promptly enlightened me by stating "Sub-Network Element IDentification" number.
Dismissing any thoughts of "Green Noxious Effluent" and "Small Negative Exponent", I wonder if the "NE" could also be "Network Element" in the Adva case. As for the "G" and "S" . . . Gateway?, Subsidiary?, Subservient?, Secondary?
So, to those well versed in all things Juniper, Cisco or Adva, any comments, please?